Example sentences of "[subord] [that] it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's a wonderful goal , except that it is not going to be reached overnight . |
| 2 | One can only speculate about the line the UK legislature would take , should it address itself to this problem , except that it is not too difficult to predict that the present administration would change the law so as to minimise the protections afforded to the worker . |
| 3 | That 's what I 'm doing , except that it 's not gon na look like that any more |
| 4 | In Lithuania , a similar sequence of events occurred , except that it was not the British who eliminated the independent Soviet government but a Polish invasion ( in April 1919 ) . |
| 5 | Except that it was not really a decision , more an unthought-out reaction . |
| 6 | After all that , they did n't tell me what I had , except that it was not multiple sclerosis and that I was an atypical case . |
| 7 | This strange , remote , eagle creature , whose body was bathed in incandescence from the fire , except that it was not quite the fire ; whose eyes were dark with passion , and whose arms , strong and safe , were enveloping her , and laying her down on the thick fur rugs before the fire … |
| 8 | He can do so in just the way that he believes the totality of appearances can be interpreted without belief in ‘ substances ’ , or that there is no further significance to existence than that it is not a predicate . |